RichTextBox and RTF?

[Guy007]

Hi,

I have a paragraph of text, which i want to display to the user (possibly in a richtextbox). However, some words need to be in another colour.

I tried to use rtf, but when i use:
- richTextBox1.RTF = "my rtf string", the richTextBox1.RTF does not change (seems like this property is read-only!)
- richTextBox1.RTF.insert(index,string) again does not change the value of the rtf property.

So my question is:
1) How can I display text to the user in 2 different colours?
2) The user will then click on words displayed to him and I need to obtain a string of the word he clicked on (so obviously the control I use must be able to detect where the 'cursor' is)...

Any ideas?

thanks m8s!

[SammyB]

> I tried to use rtf
Use the Text property

RichTextBox1.Text = "My RTF string"

> richTextBox1.RTF.insert(index,string)
Insert is tricky, it produces another string

RichTextBox1.Text = RichTextBox1.Text.Insert(2, " bigger")

> How can I display text to the user in 2 different colours?
Use SelectionColor property

RichTextBox1.SelectionStart = RichTextBox1.Find("bigger")
RichTextBox1.SelectionColor = Color.Red
RichTextBox1.SelectionStart = RichTextBox1.TextLength

>The user will then click on words displayed to him and I need to obtain a string of the word he clicked on
Use the SelectedText property

MsgBox("You selected: " & RichTextBox1.SelectedText)